Robert Cray

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Some things in the blues world are pretty predictable — Buddy Guy’s choice of hats, Clapton’s penchant for Robert Johnson and, above all, the unvarying quality of Robert Cray’s recorded work.

On his previous couple of albums Cray veered towards a Stax-like Memphis groove, but this release sees him covering all the bases, from the Bobby Bland soundalike number Two Steps from the End and the jazz- slanted My Last Regret to the reggae- inspired Poor Johnny and the rocking Does it Really Matter. But it’s the blues on which Cray still excels, including the fervent I’m Walking